Mukul Sangma

Lok Sabha Election 2019: Rahul Gandhi, Karti Chidambaram, Digvijaya Singh, Shashi Tharoor among key Congress candidates

Congress veteran Sonia Gandhi has returned from her rumoured retirement to fight the election from the Gandhi family's traditional constituency of Rae Bareli.

All eyes on Meghalaya's Tura as contest between Mukul Sangma and PA Sangma's daughter Agatha enters finale

With contest heating up between PA Sangma's daughter Agatha and his once favourite Mukul Sangma for the Tura Lok Sabha seat, voters in the Garo Hills of Meghalaya have to decide if it's time to let go of their beloved leader’s legacy and opt for change

Congress fails to seize opportunity created by Citizenship Amendment Bill as BJP fights back to retain grip on North East

BJP has set an ambitious target of winning more than 20 seats out of 25 for the North East Democratic Alliance.

Conrad Sangma seeks support from political parties after formal entry to Meghalaya Assembly as South Tura MLA

Conrad Sangma, who was elected chief minister in March, 2018, had to get elected to the Assembly to continue in office.

Lok Sabha and Assembly bypolls: Stage set for by-election to 1 parliamentary, 5 Assembly seats in eastern states tomorrow

The stage is set for the bypoll to one Lok Sabha and five Assembly seats in as many states in the eastern region on Monday.

Meghalaya welcomes Centre's move to repeal AFSPA from state, say militancy has 'by and large' been contained

The Centre's decision to repeal AFSPA from Meghalaya was unanimously welcomed by political parties, students' organisations and church leaders of the state

Meghalaya Election results 2018: Conrad Sangma has task cut out to keep ruling coalition stable, fend off Congress

It has never been easy to keep a coalition govt stable in Meghalaya & evidently, Conrad Sangma has a tough job at hand to keep the allies happy behind him.

NPP-led Meghalaya government to be sworn-in today; Conrad Sangma to take oath as chief minister

Despite receiving a fractured mandate, Meghalaya will see a coalition government taking oath on Tuesday under the leadership of Conrad Sangma

'They did not consult us': Ahead of Conrad Sangma's oath taking, HSPDP expresses reservations about CM candidate

"A pre-poll alliance was forged between the UDP and HSPDP but they (UDP) did not consult us when they proposed the name of Conrad Sangma to be the chief minister," HSPDP President Ardent Basaiawmoit told journalists.

North East polls: NPP has scripted a fairy tale rise from little-known Manipur outfit to regional power player

The National People’s Party (NPP) led by Conrad Sangma, who is set to head the new coalition government in Meghalaya, has scripted a fairy tale rise from a little-known party in Manipur to a cynosure of electoral politics in North East.